SHANE

First UK edition, first printing. Original red paper-covered boards with gilt titles to the spine, in dustwrapper. A very good copy, the binding square and firm, the extremities lightly bumped, the spine slightly toned and the gilt dulled. With a small 'The Times Library' stamp to the rear pastedown, the contents are otherwise clean throughout. Complete with the good, torn, chipped and creased dustwrapper which has loss to the head of the spine and top edge of the rear panel and several tape repairs to the underside. Not price-clipped (7s 6d on the lower front flap).

The author's first novel and a classic of western literature. 'Shane' tells the story of a mysterious gunslinger who enters the lives of a small farming family who are attempting to hold their own against the hostility of a nearby large-scale rancher. A shorter version was originally serialized in three parts in Argosy magazine, a revised expanded version was first published in book form in the USA in 1949 by Houghton Mifflin. It was adapted into the Academy Award winning film of the same name in 1953 starring Alan Ladd as the titular character. It was later adapted into an ABC television series in 1966 starring David Carradine.